Government Contracts (Authorisation) Notification 2022

No. S 318

Government Contracts Act 1966

Government Contracts
(Authorisation) Notification 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Government Contracts Act 1966, the Minister for Finance makes the following Notification:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Notification is the Government Contracts (Authorisation) Notification 2022 and comes into operation on 20 April 2022.

Definition

2.  In this Notification, “service‑wide contract” means a contract made in Singapore on behalf of the Government, the benefits of which may be enjoyed by more than one Ministry or department.

Authorised officers

3.—(1)  Every public officer whose office is specified in the first column of the First Schedule is authorised to execute and sign, on behalf of the Government, the contracts in the public officer’s Ministry or department set out against the public officer’s office in the second column of that Schedule.

(2)  Every public officer whose office is specified in the Second Schedule is authorised to execute and sign service‑wide contracts on behalf of the Government.

Cancellation

4.  The Government Contracts (Authorisation) Notification 2019 (G.N. No. S 62/2019) is cancelled.

Made on 12 April 2022.

TAN CHING YEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.

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